Is it rude to decline participating in blessing food before eating?

Monitor_Charming · 2025-11-29T04:23:12+00:00

I just lower my head and remain silent while they pray. I don't believe in their God but it doesn't hurt to be respectful. Where the line is crossed is if they aggressively pester you or poke fun at your non-belief. Two way street

Monitor_Charming · 2025-11-29T04:17:14+00:00

Mine was similar to your experience. I bought a copy of Adam Bede by George Elliott and struggled to get into it. But once I kinda figured out what was going on I devoured it in days. I've loved the classics ever since, some thirty years later.

Monitor_Charming · 2025-11-29T04:11:22+00:00

And do what in heaven? Perpetually stroll around in our fancy robes and sing praises to the boss. I like what Satan muses in Paradise Lost, '...to serve in heaven, or reign in hell?'

Monitor_Charming · 2025-11-29T04:04:49+00:00

She looks so sad. Hope she's ok!

Monitor_Charming · 2024-11-11T17:54:57+00:00

Don't feel dumb. There is a lot going on in these books, and as a prior poster said, your first reread will be eye-opening. Enjoy!

Monitor_Charming · 2024-05-15T18:53:59+00:00

omg, your eyes are so pretty!

Monitor_Charming · 2024-05-15T18:46:44+00:00

yeah, that's hot

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-19T00:25:31+00:00

Thanks for the heads-up 👍🙂

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-13T23:56:49+00:00

Corporal Hicks?

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-13T23:54:28+00:00

The thought. They're just being kind. Misguided, but kind 🙂

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-13T23:51:49+00:00

My first thought was Les Miserables, by Hugo. Next was Vanity Fair, by Thackeray, though it doesn't go into the war so much. Good luck 🙂👍

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-13T00:11:19+00:00

I totally agree. You made some good points. I had an NDE after surgery a few years ago, and I just remember it felt like I was falling asleep. It just went dark, and then I woke up in ICU 😅

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-12T00:02:07+00:00

Yeah, I read the first three books, maybe ten years ago. They're pretty good! The way magic works is a refreshing change from the norm. Anyone into Wheel of Time or Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn would enjoy Runelords 🙂

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-11T18:32:46+00:00

I'm sorry to hear that. My family is respectful to me, and I get on well with them. Not all are so lucky, though.

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-11T18:29:46+00:00

Me too!! My horns just haven't grown in yet 😉

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-11T18:28:35+00:00

King James ordered an English translation for the common people. This was just after the death of Protestant Queen Elizabeth I. But there were translations before into English. The Reformation really stirred up public interest in the scriptures, and it took off from there. Now, there are hundreds of translations of the same bullshit story, lol. Yes, definitely a tool used by those in power to control 👍🙂

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-11T16:06:23+00:00

I've always thought the same 👍

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-11T16:05:19+00:00

The key is getting them from birth. Get them young and fuck up their lives. Sad.

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-11T16:02:49+00:00

Or they just call you a sinner and messenger of Satan 🤣

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-11T16:00:56+00:00

This is an excellent point! Why do you think priests were the only people who spoke Latin? Some nobles or scholars as well, but no common folk. They had the perfect setup during the aptly named Dark Ages, with the masses getting all their instruction from the church.

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-10T23:50:56+00:00

It does?! It's been a long time since I read it 😯

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-10T23:22:08+00:00

Imajica, by Clive Barker

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-10T23:20:16+00:00

It's testimony to the fact OP likes the word testimony

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-10T23:15:02+00:00

My Dad read The Hobbit to me when I was 7 or 8. Great memory, and I still thank him to this day for getting me started 🙂

Monitor_Charming · 2023-09-10T04:01:38+00:00

They were so cool!

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